Rail-type support device

ABSTRACT

A rail-type support device is provided, which is mounted at a rear surface of a display, for wiring and installing a host of a micro-computer or a TV box. The rail-type support device has a main support seat mounted at the rear surface of the display and provided with a set of slide rail, such that a carrier seat previously mounted with a micro-computer or a TV box can slide into the slide rail. The various wires and electronic devices connected at the rear surface of the display can be regularly arranged by the present invention, thereby solving the problem of wiring and arrangement of the electronic devices at the rear surface of the display.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a rail-type support device mainlymounted at a rear surface of a display to regularly arrange wires andelectronic devices connected at the rear surface of the display, andmore particularly to a rail-type support device for mounting with rails.

2. Related Art

Display is an electronic device on which dynamic and static images canbe displayed. Now, the display is quite widely used, such as, a liquidcrystal display (LCD) used with a computer host, an LCD for a TV set,and an LCD for a plasma television, which mainly serves functionseffectively displaying the dynamic and static images, and providing mostvividly and comfortable visual experience for the viewers. At present,the installation of the display in the market can be substantiallydivided into desktop, wall mounted, and suspended displays, among them,the desktop display is provided with a seat for supporting the displayto be placed on a desk or a plane. Furthermore, the wall mounted andsuspended displays have a support bracket mounted at the rear surface ofthem, and is correspondingly mounted depending on the intendedsuspension position. For example, the wall mounted display is mounted ona relative support bracket previously mounted on a wall by the supportbracket arranged at the rear surface of the display beforehand. For thesuspended display, the support bracket is provided with a long supportbar having one end secured to a ceiling or a wall of a cantilever.Though the mounting means above can efficiently secure the display asrequired, after the installation of the whole display, the wires behindthe display droop arbitrarily, that is, the conventional support bracketcannot further provide the accommodation of the wires. Furthermore, thedigital television has gradually spread in the consumption marketrecently, and the mated devices, such as computer host and digital TVbox, can only be positioned at another position after being connectedwith the connection wire during installation. As such, too much and longconnection wire will lead to the mess in the mounting space due to theprolonged connection wire required in connection, and the mated devicesuch as computer host and digital TV box will also require another spaceto be placed. Therefore, inconvenience exists in practical installationand use.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is directed to a rail-type support device whichhas wiring function and also can carrier an electronic device to ensurethe regularity of a rear surface of the display.

As embodied and broadly described herein, the present invention improvesa main support seat mounted at the rear surface of a display by furtherintegrating rails for mounting a carrier seat therein. Furthermore, therails can be selectively arranged at the upper edge, the lower edge, andthe inner plane of the main support seat as required, so as toeffectively improve the wiring effect, and efficiently secure therelated electronic device used.

In order to make the structures, mounting, and effect of embodiments ofthe present invention more comprehensible, the embodiments of thepresent invention are described below with reference to the accompanyingdrawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will become more filly understood from thedetailed description given herein below for illustration only, and thusare not limitative of the present invention, and wherein:

FIG. 1 shows a three-dimensional view of an appearance of the presentinvention;

FIG. 2 shows a first schematic view of an embodiment according to thepresent invention;

FIG. 3 shows a second schematic view of an embodiment according to thepresent invention;

FIG. 4 shows a third schematic view of an embodiment according to thepresent invention;

FIG. 5 shows a fourth schematic view of an embodiment according to thepresent invention;

FIG. 6 shows an another preferable embodiment of the present invention;and

FIG. 7 shows a still another preferable embodiment of the presentinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring to FIG. 1, a three-dimensional view of an appearance of thepresent invention is shown. As shown, a rail-type support device 10 ofthe present invention mainly includes a main support seat 101, a rail102, and a carrier seat 103. The main support seat 101 is formed with amain plane portion 1011, and two edges of the main plane portion 1011are respectively bent to form a first baffle 1012 and a second baffle1013. Furthermore, the first baffle 1012 and the second baffle 1013 havemore than one bolt hole (10121, 10131) formed on the planes thereof.Referring back to FIG. 1 for the main support seat 101, the edges of thefirst baffle 1012 and the second baffle 1013 are further bent to form afirst rim 10122 and a second rim 10132 respectively. The body of therail 102 is substantially L-shaped or U-shaped, and provided with afirst rail part 1021. The first rail part 1021 has a second rail part1022 and a third rail part 1023 respectively formed at two edges.Moreover, more than one through hole (not shown), preferably longthrough hole, is formed on the plane of the first rail part 1021.Referring back to FIG. 1, the substantially L-shaped carrier seat 103 isformed with a relative rail part 1031, and has its edge bent to form acarrier portion 1032. A plurality of through holes (1033, 1034) andwiring portions 1035 are formed on the plane of the carrier portion 1032as required.

Referring to FIG. 2, a first schematic view of an embodiment accordingto the present invention is shown. As shown, a display 20 can be acomputer display, a liquid crystal television, or a plasma television. Aset of hook members 30 can be mounted in advance by means of locking atthe rear surface of the display 20, and the hook member 30 is providedwith two sets of hooks 301. As shown, in an embodiment of the presentinvention, the rail 102 can be mounted beforehand at the first baffle1012 on the main support seat 101 as required. By passing more than onescrew 104 through the through hole 10211 (the through hole is mostpreferably a long through hole) of the rail 102, and screwing the screwsin the bolt holes 10121 on the plane of the first baffle 1012, the rail102 is secured to the plane of the first baffle 1012. As describedabove, the main support seat 101 having the rail 102 can be providedwith a relative support bracket (not shown) to secure the main supportseat 101 to a wall or a plane of a ceiling. Referring back to FIG. 2,the display 20 previously mounted with the hook members 30 is hookedonto the first rim 10122 and the second rim 10132 of the main supportseat 101 from top to bottom by the plurality of hooks 301 of the hookmembers 30 respectively.

Referring to FIG. 3, a second schematic view of an embodiment accordingto the present invention is shown. As shown, the suspended display 20 isas shown in this figure, at this time, if an electronic device 40 needsto be connected to the display 20, for example, a host of amicro-computer, and a digital TV box, the electronic device 40 can befixed to the carrier seat 103 in advance, and then the relative railpart 1031 of the carrier seat 103 is made to match the second rail part1022 of the rail 102, and the carrier seat 103 slides in along thesecond rail part 1022, so as to mount the carrier seat 103 into therail. Furthermore, in order to locate the carrier seat 103 at a specificposition after sliding in, more than one positioning point 1024 can beformed at the end of the second rail part 1022, so as to block thecarrier seat 103 before reaching to the positioning points 1024 aftersliding in, so as to produce positioning effect. Moreover, thepositioning points 1024 can be formed on the plane of each rail partafter being directly processed, or by locking with a screw (the samewith other rail parts). Referring to FIG. 4, a third schematic view ofan embodiment according to the present invention is shown. Theintegrated carrier seat 103 and rail 102 are as shown in this figureafter being mounted. As shown, the electronic device 40 (see FIG. 3) isaccommodated in the space at the rear of the display 20 and formedbetween the carrier seat 103 and the display 20, and the connectionwires at the rear of the display 20 are efficiently and regularlyaccommodated by the wiring portions 1035 of the carrier seat 103 (seeFIG. 1).

As described above, referring to FIG. 5, a fourth schematic view of anembodiment according to the present invention is shown. As shown, theintegration of the main support seat 101 and the rail 102 can befinished beforehand, with the rail 102 being mounted above the mainsupport seat 101. Next, the main support seat 101 is further mounted toa relative support bracket 105, and the relative support bracket 105 issecured to a wall 50. During installation, the display 20 is hooked tothe first rim 10122 and the second rim 10132 of the main support seat101 with the plurality of hooks 301 of the hook members 30 at the rearsurface of the display 20, such that the display 20 can be secured tothe main support seat 101 by the hook members 30.

Referring to FIG. 6, another preferable embodiment of the presentinvention is shown. Because the displays provided by variousmanufacturers have different specifications and structures, suitableapplications also can be achieved by the present invention depending onthe structures of the displays. As shown, the rail 102 of the presentinvention also can be mounted below the main support seat 101 accordingto requirements of practical mounting space. That is, the rail 102 isarranged at the lower plane of the second baffle 1013 of the mainsupport seat 101, and the integration of the rail 102 and the secondbaffle 1013 is achieved by locking with more than one screw 104. In thisway, the carrier seat 103 can be mounted below the main support seat 101depending on the position of the rail 102.

Referring to FIG. 7, a still another preferable embodiment of thepresent invention is shown. As shown, the carrier seat 103 can bemounted inside the main support seat 101. In the embodiment as shown inthe figure, the rail 102 can be secured to the lower plane of the firstbaffle 1012 of the main support seat 101 by more than one screw 104.That is, the rail 102 is located in the accommodation space 60 formedbetween the main support seat 101 and the rear surface of the display20. Then, the carrier seat 103 slides in along the rail 102 to finishthe installation. As such, the electronic device 40 carried by thecarrier seat 103 can be efficiently accommodated. Again, as describedabove, the rail 102 also can be mounted at the upper plane of the secondbaffle 1013, and the effect produced is the same as above, and will notbe repeated here.

As described above, the rail-type support device of the presentinvention mainly includes improving the conventional main support seat,and increasing the practicability thereof by providing a rail, such thatthe connection wires and electronic devices connected peripherally tothe display may be integrated into a designated accommodation space.Furthermore, the installation position of the rail can be adjusteddepending on various structures at the rear surface of differentdisplays and requirements of practical mounting space, so as to furtherimprove the whole practicability. In view of the above, the presentinvention can certainly provide a rail-type support device which haswiring effect and also can carrier an electronic device, thus ensuringthe regularity at the rear of the display.

However, it is understood that the descriptions above are only thepreferable embodiments of the present invention, and not intended tolimit the scope of the present invention. All equivalent modificationsand changes made by those skilled in the art without departing from thespirit and scope of the present invention shall fall into the claims ofthe present invention.

1. A rail-type support device, mounted at a rear surface of a plane, andcapable of suspending a display by a hook member arranged at the rearsurface of the display to fix the display, comprising: a main supportseat, having a main plane portion, wherein a baffle is formed at twoedges of the main plane portion respectively, and a rim is formed atedges of each baffle for a hook of the hook member to suspend; a rail,formed with more than one rail part, and mounted at a plane of one ofthe baffles of the main support seat; and a carrier seat, formed with acarrier portion, wherein a relative rail part is formed at an edge ofthe carrier part, and the carrier seat is mounted in the rail bymounting the relative rail part into one of the rail parts of the rail.2. The rail-type support device according to claim 1, wherein more thanone bolt hole is formed on a plane of each baffle of the main supportseat, for more than one screw to pass through the rail, so as to securethe rail onto the plane of the baffle.
 3. The rail-type support deviceaccording to claim 1, wherein the carrier portion of the carrier seat isformed with more than one wiring portion.
 4. The rail-type supportdevice according to claim 1, wherein the carrier portion of the carrierseat is formed with more than one through hole, for more than one screwto pass through, so as to secure an electronic device to the carrierseat.
 5. The rail-type support device according to claim 4, wherein theelectronic device is a host of a micro-computer.
 6. The rail-typesupport device according to claim 4, wherein the electronic device is adigital TV box.
 7. The rail-type support device according to claim 1,wherein the rail is mounted at the baffle below the main support seat,so as to mount the carrier seat below the main support seat.
 8. Therail-type support device according to claim 1, wherein, the rail ismounted at the lower plane of the baffle of the main support seat, suchthat the carrier seat is mounted in an accommodation space formedbetween the main support seat and the display.
 9. The rail-type supportdevice according to claim 1, wherein a relative support bracket ismounted on the main plane portion of the main support seat, and therelative support bracket is secured to a wall.